Walden — #3157 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Walden

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,490 babies named Walden between 1908 and 2024, spanning 117 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Walden currently holds the #3157 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 55 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Walden performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 350 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Walden shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 39 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Walden in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Walden in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,490 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.